Category: Life
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Healthier toddler/kids snacks
we all want to feed our kids the healthiest food possible, but we also don’t want to waste money buying or making things they won’t eat. With the way junk food is marketed towards kids these days, you need to get creative. Also, Organic packaged snacks can be very expensive. Here are some ideas of…
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Christmas gifts for a toddler boy
I know as a mom, we want to buy so much for our kids for Christmas. If your kids are like my son, they play with only a small selection of their toys, and the rest just get thrown all over for us to pick up later. I’ve found in the past year that keeping…
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8 ways to make sourdough seem less complicated
The thing i hear the most from people about why they haven’t began sourdough is because they are intimidated, and they don’t know where to start. Sourdough is actually very simple once you figure out what you are doing through trial and error. Simple things that make sourdough not so complicated: have fun with it!…
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how we cook a whole chicken
we raised and butchered 32 chickens this past summer, and kept them all whole for the freezer. There are many options to use the meat, even with keeping the chicken whole. our favorite way to cook a whole chicken is in the crockpot. It gives us enough chicken for two meals, and about 3 quart…
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Traditional vs. home birth midwife prenatal care
after a not so great birth, and traumatic hospital stay and postpartum with our first, I wasn’t sure I wanted more kids. After I got more in depth in the holistic lifestyle, we decided on a home birth when we had our next child. I did lots of research, and we decided that was the…
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Tips for raising meat chickens
although it was our first year raising meat chickens, we learned a lot from the experience. Here are some tips to help make the process easier. buy enough chicks to make it worth your time. You’re already doing all the work, so you might as well get enough chicks for you for the year, and…
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Life after ditching our microwave
most anyone that is into natural living has heard that microwaves aren’t the best, or safest, way to reheat your food. I’ve read many different articles about the harmful radiation, decreasing the nutrients in your food, etc. I had been reading these things for a few months before we decided to ditch the microwave. we…
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why we switched to raw milk
I was on my health journey for well over a year before we made the jump to raw milk. After a lot of research, we decided that it was right for our family. I was the type of kid who would put just enough milk in my cereal so that it was wet, and I…
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non-toxic cleaning products
in the last three years, I have tried many different low-tox or non-toxic cleaning products for our home. I grew up with my mom cleaning houses for her job, and our house was always spotless. I mean we weren’t aloud to have anything on our floor, and our beds were always made as kids and…
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welcome!
hi, I’m Alex. I was born and raised in rural mid-Michigan in a farm family. I am a mom, wife, and dog mom with a passion for all things homesteading and living healthy. my husband and I have been doing some homesteading things since we bought our first home, like canning, gardening, and raising chickens.…